kill shooter

[Westy]

PBY for scouting and rescue ops in "TOD/CT" and scenarios? Sure!  


(That's outside the context of "wasted efforts" for  MA gamer/gameplay use.)

[Elfie]

Originally posted by Oleg
Abusing killsooter almost impossible. You never know exactly what happen in somebody's other FE because of internet lag. If you fly through his bullet stream in your FE it dont means you do same in his FE. That simple fact make abusing almost impossible. It valid if you actually do not want fly through his bullets also.
Only shooter know where and when he shoot.

It's not all that hard to KS someone else really. I have done that intentionally to people who shoot up flaming wrecks. Just have to time it right.

[Elfie]

Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Applying damage to the specific area hit on the friendly plane to the specific area on your own plane rather than applying all damage to the fuselage was an improvement.  

-- Todd/Leviathn

I agree

[Mister Fork]

In the AvA, we are currently running with KillShooter off with highly productive results.  Yes, you can shoot down a fellow mate and be a n00b. But this is something we're striving for - realism.

During the bomber missions, the gunners had to be extra careful not to shoot down friendlies during heavy combat. There were actual friendly fire incidents were a bomber while shooting at a Luftwaffe fighter accidentally shot another bomber up or an escort.  It definately improved the immersion factor IMHO.

In the MA however, dweebery abounds mostly with newbies. Personally, instead of killshooter, if you down a friendly, you should have to waitout a set time... i.e. be penalized from flying for half an hour or twenty minutes...etc.

[eilif]

I agree with ya Fork, i think it will be similare to the way Combat Tour is played, any fool who would pleasure himself with killing friendlies would stay in MA and wouldnt be even remotely interested with fitting into a historical frame work. Since gaining rank and doing productive things for a mission will be a part of CT, im sure friendly kills, or even pings could be taken into account when it comes to a promotion or demotion. Friendly pings did happen in real life, heck intense dogfights probably happened that the victor pilot only learned about what he did apon returning to base, thinking, patience, and communication should be rewarded!

[Saxman]

One account from Aces Against Japan is I think a P-40 pilot who, spotting a formation of twin-engine bombers and thinking it was a group of G4Ms, (I think there weren't any bombers expected in the area) went into a head-on pass and fired on the lead plane. He pulled up, looked back and saw the split tail, and was like, "Oh CHIT! G4Ms don't have a double tail!"

When he got back to base and was later winding down in the officer's club, a B-25 pilot was in there drinking complaining about the damn P-40 pilot who shot the throttle quadrant out of his hand.

[MajIssue]